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Over 7,000 copies of the draft bill have been distributed to education authorities, social work services, health officials, head teachers, parents, voluntary and other organisations.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 February 2003
Decisions on whether to prosecute those who breach environmental legislation are entirely matters for the Crown Office and the Procurators Fiscal Service. Guidelines have been issued to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) by the Crown Office to assist the agency in reporting cases to the procurators fiscal and to address issues such as suffici...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in improving the recruitment of disabled people into the civil service in each year since 1996. The Executive's Diversity Strategy, launched in November 2000, has set demanding targets for the recruitment of under-represented groups, including staff with disabilities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 February 2003
In his recent letter to NHS board and Trusts Chief Executives about access to medical records the Chief Executive, NHSScotland, referred to my statement that the NHS must be as open and transparent as possible and indicated that:the service should continue to ensure that any requests for access to medical records are handled promptly and in accordance with ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 January 2003
These guidelines, drawn up by the security services, have not changed. Heightened awareness of security issues following recent world events has made it necessary for all those responsible for applying the guidelines to follow them particularly stringently.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 January 2003
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The incident to which the answer to question S1W-25983 referred is being investigated by the police.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 January 2003
Further to the answers given to questions S1W-32558 and S1W-32559 today, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) has no contracted services to enable responses in Scots to be produced.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 December 2002
The National Grid for Learning Scotland web services provides a range of resources, information and facilities for teachers, learners, parents, community groups and other stakeholders in education.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 December 2002